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I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.

This handy guide has everything you need to track, catch, and tame your very own pet truck.

It’s Nanette’s first trip to get the baguette. With all the distractions in her way, she just might forget.

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I am notorious for gifting books. I’ve written about this before in Guess what you’re getting for Christmas and other posts. It would not surprise me if you are also a notorious gifter of books. Perhaps that could be our super power: The Book Gifters!

Reading is empowering. A book is a gift that continues to give, long after the occasion has past. It’s effects cannot always be measured.

In this post, I suggest some books you may like to purchase for special people in your life. And why not treat yourself with one or two as well?

Most, but not all, are fairly recent releases. A few are long-time favourites.

Most, but not all, are written by people I know personally or through blogging. You might recognise their names from comments on other of my blog posts. A few are long-time favourites written by people who inspire me.

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I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.

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In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently.

On Christmas Eve, Santa looks everywhere for his special Christmas underwear with no luck. Will he have to wear shamrock long johns instead?

Clark the Shark spends too much time trying to figure out who his Secret Santa is and not enough time being a good Secret Santa himself.

A young boy named Alec and his grandfather lend their giant spruce tree to the city for the Christmas celebration.

Santa is moving too quickly to see who actually lives in each house he visits. Will it be a Christmas disaster?

Exquisitely illustrated version of The Nutcracker ballet with a surprise at the end.

Clementine is a teeny-tiny girl who lives with her average-sized family. It’s mostly fun being the smallest, but Christmas can be tricky.

Celebrates the joyful season of Christmas and the story of the nativity, told through the performance of a children’s Christmas pageant.

When the Gingerbread Baby hears about the Christmas Festival, he wants to rush down to the village with his band.

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I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.) Check your local library or bookstore for availability.

Emma is trying to go to sleep, but the animals in her wallpaper are making too much noise.

Gideon wants to be a hero and get his picture in the paper, but first he must figure out just what a hero is.

Ollie the pig dreams of flight, and enlists his human friend Jack to help him build wings.

Little Frog’s first autumn is filled with scary reds, golds, oranges, and purples.

This book is an ode to that magical time in autumn when the leaves turn yellow.

When Emma is asked to be the flower girl in her cousin’s wedding, nothing is quite how she expected.

Imagine you were leaving for a new country, and could bring along only what would fit in a small suitcase. What would you choose to take with you?

A boy brings along a teacup filled with earth as he leaves his home and sets off to a new home across the sea.

A young boy is fascinated by the dot on his mother’s forehead and wants one of his own.

Young Stella loves books so much they take over the farm house, so her pa builds her-her own library.

Henry’s best friend Leo is accidentally lost and no one in Henry’s family believes Leo is real enough to find his way home.

When Ruben picks up a hundred-dollar bill dropped by a neighbor, he’s excited to think he can finally buy a bike like his friend Sergio’s.

Follow the dino-racers as they speed down the track or across the desert.

The remote for Ben’s new fire truck isn’t working properly and causes complete chaos.

A small child wishes for a snow day that brings silence and peace to a too-busy world.

Little Frog does not want to grow up, and he gives his father all sorts of reasons why being small is best.

A little girl visits her grandfather in a nursing home where he is suffering from memory loss.

A counting book that leads readers through a day in the life of a construction worker building with bricks.

Tiny speedcar racer, Max, goes on the imagined adventure of a lifetime after cleaning his room.

A young pet owner knows lots about his dog, except what he dreams about. Super cute!

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I love answering questions asked by kids about my book! Recently, I was interviewed by several enthusiastic second graders from Redwood Elementary School in Fort Bragg, California. The interview has been posted to Jeanette Stickel’s blog SpeakWell, ReadWell. Jeanette is a licensed speech-language pathologist who works closely with these students. SpeakWell, ReadWell is a speech therapy and kid-lit blog that explores language, literacy, and literature, and I’m honored to be featured there. Thank you, Jeanette and kids!🙂

If you are a teacher, librarian, or parent, and have kids who’d like to ask me questions about my book, The Peddler’s Bed, or about being an author, please contact me by clicking HERE. I’m more than happy to answer!

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